And deservedly so! GO MACCA!! And according to the preview on Fulham's site, I'm going to pay tribute to the form guides and say he scores again... Both he and Carlos Bocanegra should keep their starting places -- with Boca hopefully remaining in the center of Fulham's defense. More on Macca... New deal on cards for McBride -- sportinglife.com And the team news... 7 a.m. PT/10 a.m. ET, 2 a.m. Melbourne time for this one, no idea on the TV plans.
Macca starts, Boca rides the pine... From sportinglife.com: FULHAM 30. Tony Warner 22. Dean Leacock 6. Zat Knight 24. Alain Goma 17. Liam Rosenior 5. Sylvain Legwinski 18. Ahmad Elrich 11. Luis Boa Morte 13. Tomasz Radzinski 10. Heidar Helguson 20. Brian McBride SUBS 25. Jaroslav Drobny (GK) 3. Carlos Bocanegra 33. Niclas Jensen 35. Ian Pearce 15. Collins John
And the game is on! 5th minute -- McBride draws a foul early, in a dangerous position... Foul by Gary O'Neil (Portsmouth) on Brian McBride (Fulham). Direct free kick taken left-footed by Alain Goma (Fulham) from own half, passed. Scoreless, after six minutes.
There's the dulcet tones of Gentleman Jim on Fulham's site, but it's a pay-as-you-go, with £1.99 being the per-match price. No idea about any free streams.
From BBC: 16:15 Outswinging corner from right by-line taken right-footed by Ahmad Elrich (Fulham) to near post, header by Brian McBride (Fulham) from centre of penalty area (12 yards), missed left.
15th minute -- Another chance from Macca goes wanting... Outswinging corner from right by-line taken right-footed by Ahmad Elrich (Fulham) to near post, header by Brian McBride (Fulham) from centre of penalty area (12 yards), missed left. Still nil-all...
Is Boca getting at least partially blamed for the three goals against Villa? Or just resting? No one else from Wed is sitting...
This could be bad ... let's pray not -- McBride off the pitch holding his shoulder looks to be in a great deal of pain.
Now Helguson is injured. Looks like Collins John in for Helguson early in the match. -- McBride back on the pitch but its unclear how he is doing.
Where are you getting the visuals from? Also, if Macca's back out there and running, that's half the battle; he can't be that badly hurt.
No visuals -- Gentleman Jim's descriptions only. No mention of McBride's form recently. I assume/hope he's okay. Yellow to Rosenior around the 40th in a dangerous spot. Fortunately, Portsmouth puts it over the bar.
Gentleman Jim still complaining about the lack of a handball call -- "O'Neill got away with murder there." Apparently, the handball was quite obvious and should have been called. Glancing header by McBride in the box goes out for a goalkick in stoppage time.
45:00 (0:20) Inswinging corner from right by-line taken left-footed by Laurent Robert (Portsmouth) to near post, clearance by Brian McBride (Fulham).
Unclear. Boca sat in the Boxing Day match as well. I'm hopeful that, at some point, he and Goma will get the start together as that clearly seems to be Fulham's best central pairing imo. Notably, Knight is the sole centreback to start all threee of the last matches. And the worst one they got imo.
Is it just me or does it seem there has been a epidemic of uncalled handballs in England the last week?